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> Assigning every candidate a random number, address them by the number on all correspondence. Remove names from resumes It was fashionable in France for some

> Assigning every candidate a random number, address them by the number on all correspondence. Remove names from resumes It was fashionable in France for some time, and it was even attempted. It backfired however. Researchers realized that hires were less diverse when using anonymized resume. > replace experience on resumes with "random corp 1", random corp 2, random school 1 etc. That would remove one of the best predictors of future performance. Especially in CS, not all internships or schools are created equal. Now, with all the "affirmative action" going on, these should be interpreted with a grain of salt. Asians, for example, need much better scores to get into Ivies than some other minorities. And YouTube was caught trashing all white and Asian applicant’s resumes a while ago [0]. [0] https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/2/17070624/google-youtube-wilberg-recruiter-hiring-reverse-discrimination-lawsuit https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/2/17070624/google-youtube-wi...

jevoten 5y ago
As of 2017, 69 percent of Google’s workforce was male, compared to 70 percent in 2014, and 91 percent was white or Asian, a percentage that’s barely changed over three years. - https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/2/17070624/google-youtube-wilberg-recruiter-hiring-reverse-discrimination-lawsuit https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/2/17070624/google-youtube-wi... These articles always pull the same tricks. They invent a new racial category, "white or Asian", to avoid stating that only 61% were white - i.e. slightly underrepresented compared to the 63.7% white 2010 US demographics [1]. Although by 2014 the white % had probably dropped enough that they are neither over- nor under-represented at Google (the 2020 census reports non-Latino whites as only 57.8% of the US - a 5.9% drop in only 10 years [2]). But you wouldn't know this from "91% white or Asian". Maybe they can make the problem go away entirely by saying Google is "32% Black or Asian"? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_the_United_States&oldid=593966589#Race_and_ethnicity https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_t... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_t...
- 908B64B197 5y ago
  I wonder who and why they are framing it this way. Especially with admission scandals at top schools, there seems to be an unspoken systemic bias against asians perpetuated by some activists.

jevoten 5y ago

As of 2017, 69 percent of Google’s workforce was male, compared to 70 percent in 2014, and 91 percent was white or Asian, a percentage that’s barely changed over three years. - https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/2/17070624/google-youtube-wilberg-recruiter-hiring-reverse-discrimination-lawsuit https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/2/17070624/google-youtube-wi... These articles always pull the same tricks. They invent a new racial category, "white or Asian", to avoid stating that only 61% were white - i.e. slightly underrepresented compared to the 63.7% white 2010 US demographics [1]. Although by 2014 the white % had probably dropped enough that they are neither over- nor under-represented at Google (the 2020 census reports non-Latino whites as only 57.8% of the US - a 5.9% drop in only 10 years [2]). But you wouldn't know this from "91% white or Asian". Maybe they can make the problem go away entirely by saying Google is "32% Black or Asian"? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_the_United_States&oldid=593966589#Race_and_ethnicity https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_t... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_t...

908B64B197 5y ago
I wonder who and why they are framing it this way. Especially with admission scandals at top schools, there seems to be an unspoken systemic bias against asians perpetuated by some activists.